State and Federal Bill Tracker

Just Harvest is always working to support or oppose bills in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the U.S. Congress that would significantly affect hunger in Allegheny County if they became law.

We focus our legislative advocacy on bills in these issues areas:

basic living standards

child nutrition

community food access

fair taxes and budgets

supports for working families

Further down this page you’ll find the current slate of bills we are following.

For a bill to become law each legislative chamber must pass it. (Bills are titled “SB” and “HB” in State Senate and House; “S” and “HR” in U.S. Senate and House.) State bills must be signed by Governor Wolf (D), federal bills by President Trump (R). If the governor or president veto a bill it cannot become law unless 2/3 of the legislators in each chamber then vote to override the veto.

Republicans have held the majority in both chambers of Congress since 2015 and the PA General Assembly since 2011.

STATE

FEDERAL

Chamber

Pa. Senate

Pa. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

Bill Name

S.B.

H.B.

S.

H.R.

# Total Legislators

50

203

100

435

# Yes votes to pass most bills*

26

102

51

218

# Yes votes to override veto*

33

136

67

290

*Number of votes required to pass a bill or override a veto depends on total number of legislators voting at that time.

What You Can Do

Concerned about the bills below? Want to join us on a future lobbying visit to your legislator to speak your mind? Sign up here. No experience required.

Note: The bills Just Harvest supports are shaded green; those we oppose are red. They are otherwise in no particular order. If you’ve visited this page before, you may need to clear your browser cache/browsing data to see recent updates to this spreadsheet.

* These legislators represent districts that are at least partially in Allegheny County.

** We provide links to online actions when possible, but it is always a good idea to contact your legislator directly. A quick phone call is the most effective way to do that. You can also use email: